Open Redirect in Liferay Portal

CVE-2020-24554

The redirect module in Liferay Portal before 7.3.3 does not limit the number of URLs resulting in a 404 error that is recorded, which allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service attack by making repeated requests for pages that do not exist.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.018 (75.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24554?
CVE-2020-24554 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Portal, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2020-24554?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-24554 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.